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Simon is currently an Associate Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney. Prior to joining the faculty as Senior Lecturer, Simon worked as a consultant on the Indonesian legal system to the Australian government, the private sector and international organisations, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). He has taught in over 70 law courses in Indonesia on a diverse range of topics, including intellectual property, Indonesian criminal law, Indonesian terrorism law and legislative drafting. He is fluent in Indonesian.

In 2008 Simon's thesis titled "Judicial review in Indonesia: between civil law and accountability? A study of constitutional court decisions 2003-2005" was awarded the University of Melbourne Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in the PhD Thesis.

2009

Lawmaking in Regional Parliaments: Translating Policy into Law; Butt S; Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID)/Australia Indonesia Governance Research Partnership.

Research studies on the organisation and functiong of the justice system in five selected countries (China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation); Nottage L, Bath V, Butt S; United Nations Development Programme/Research Support.

Butt, S., Lindsey, T. (2011). Judicial Mafia: The courts and state illegality in Indonesia. In Edward Aspinall and Gerry van Klinken (Eds.), The State and Illegality in Indonesia, (pp. 189-213). The Netherlands: KITLV Press.

Butt, S., Lindsey, T. (2010). Who Owns the Economy? Property Rights, Privatization, and the Indonesian Constitution: The Electricity Law Case. In Aileen McHarg, Barry Barton, Adrian Bradbrook, Lee Godden (Eds.), Property and the Law in Energy and Natural Resources, (pp. 236-254). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Butt, S. (2007). The Constitutional Court's Decision in the Dispute Between the Supreme Court and the Judicial Commission. In Ross H. McLeod, Andrew J. MacIntyre (Eds.), Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance, (pp. 178-200). US: ISEAS Publishing (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies).

Butt, S., Lindsey, T. (2006). Intellectual property, civil law and the failure of law in Indonesia: can criminal enforcement of economic law work in developing countries? In Timothy Lindsey (Eds.), Law Reform in Transitional and Developing States, (pp. 391-412). US: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis.

Butt, S. (2009). Asian Law in Translation: Translator's Note on the Indonesian Corruption Court Law. The Unravelling of Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Framework Through Law and Legal Process. Australian Journal of Asian Law, 11(2), 302-307.

Butt, S., Lindsey, T. (2011). Judicial Mafia: The courts and state illegality in Indonesia. In Edward Aspinall and Gerry van Klinken (Eds.), The State and Illegality in Indonesia, (pp. 189-213). The Netherlands: KITLV Press.

Butt, S. (2011). Research Studies on the Organisation and Functioning of the Justice System in Five Selected Countries (China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation) | Indonesia Final Report, 563, (pp. 153 - 161). Vietnam: Judicial Publishing House.

Butt, S. (2009). Asian Law in Translation: Translator's Note on the Indonesian Corruption Court Law. The Unravelling of Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Framework Through Law and Legal Process. Australian Journal of Asian Law, 11(2), 302-307.

Butt, S., Lindsey, T. (2006). Intellectual property, civil law and the failure of law in Indonesia: can criminal enforcement of economic law work in developing countries? In Timothy Lindsey (Eds.), Law Reform in Transitional and Developing States, (pp. 391-412). US: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis.